Actors Quote by James Franco

Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are…

— Ronnie Apteker

What's weird about the cinema business is that you have to have a thick skin while remaining vulnerable as an artist. It comes with…

— Rose Byrne

Any good business person applies financial discipline to everything they do. The movie business is and should be no different; I don't believe you…

— Paula Wagner

I know, as an actor, you have to negotiate, but I can't handle the whole idea that art and commerce are synonymous. It drives…

— Sam Shepard

When you start in movie business... It is a business, actually. Nothing to do with art. Picasso is art, and Giacometti, but film acting…

— Udo Kier

I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance

— Michel Hazanavicius

Since I've started to star in pictures I have always managed to retain my singularity of purpose when I got into the business, which…

— Bruce Dern

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

— Charlton Heston

Certain jobs [films] are for the business really, because they get an audience, they get a global audience. Certain jobs are as an artist.…

— Jack O'Connell

Making movies, even though it's a business, is also an art, and sometimes you don't hit the bull's-eye.

— Karyn Kusama

If you're an artist, it's OK to put your money into your art. The advantage, in hindsight, is that you become the film, and…

— Anton Corbijn